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SAN FRANCISCO — Free agent right-hander Ryan Vogelsong reached agreement Friday on a $4 million, one-year deal to stay with the San Francisco Giants. Vogelsong, a former Kutztown University and Iron Pigs pitcher, passed a physical and reached the deal three days after general manager Brian Sabean said Vogelsong was close to joining another team — thought to be the Houston Astros. Vogelsong went 8-13 with a 4.00 ERA in 32 starts last season. The 37-year-old adds depth to a rotation that features ace Madison Bumgarner, Jake Peavy, Tim Hudson, Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain, who is working back from elbow surgery that ended his season in July. Vogelsong would likely start until Cain...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Free agent right-hander Ryan Vogelsong reached agreement Friday on a $4 million, one-year deal to stay with the San Francisco Giants.
Vogelsong, a former Kutztown University and Iron Pigs pitcher, passed a physical and reached the deal...

Throughout the major league playoffs this season the Kansas City Royals have become known as a team of destiny.
Despite failing to go .500 over the last month of the season, they hung on to a wild card spot and sneaked into the American League Division...

SAN FRANCISCO - Ryan Vogelsong couldn't hide the disappointment after his final start of the regular season. His headshakes were numerous, and his tone subdued. A potential free agent after this season, Vogelsong didn't know if he'd make another start at...

Cliff Lee threw his first pitch for the Phillies in 64 days Monday night.
"I know he's feeling good and he's anxious to be out there," Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said before Monday's game with San Francisco which marked Lee's return from an...

In 2010, Nelson Figueroa and Ryan Vogelsong were teammates -- briefly -- on the IronPigs. Tonight, they carry the weight of their nation on their shoulders -- although truthfully, Figueroa's load is probably a bit heavier than Vogelsong's. Amazingly, the match

For the first time in five years, Ryan Vogelsong is back inthe major leagues. The Giants, who originally drafted Vogelsong on the fifth round back in 1998, added him to their 40-man roster Sunday when they put Barry Zito on the disabled list. Vogelsong is tent

Gee, what a shock ... the IronPigs are home, and it's raining. But there's going to be baseball at Coca-Cola Park tonight. Thye tarp is off and the field is being preppped, and manager Ryne Sandberg told his team about a half-hour ago that the game is "on sched

The IronPigs will see a familiar face Tuesday night in Scranton. Brian Gordon, optioned down to Triple-A by the Yankees Sunday, is the scheduled starter for Scranton against the IronPigs in the second game of a two-game series at PNC Field. Gordon was original

The Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League is returning to Allentown. The Allentown Railers, a team sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Baseball Academy, will field a team in the ACBL in the 2012 season, giving the collegiate league three entries in the Lehigh Valley

When the San Francisco Giants selected Kutztown senior third baseman Shayne Houck in the MLB Draft on Thursday, they nabbed one of the most prolific players in Golden Bears history. Houck, who was taken in the 29th round (898th overall), ...

Patrick O'Connell, the general manager of the Easton-based Lehigh Valley Catz in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League, is beaming. He sent out a release late Wednesday night making sure everyone knows that if you want to see future pro baseball players, you

Both starting pitchers in Tuesday's Game 3 of the NLDS between Cincinnati and San Francisco should be familiar to IronPigs fans. Ryan Vogelsong spent just over half the 2010 season in an IronPigs uniforrm, appearing 12 times at Coca-Cola Park including his fin

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Tim Lincecum's long hair is back. More important, so is his father, Chris Lincecum, as his son's full-time pitching guru. Lincecum and his father had drifted apart over the past three years, and the results were spotty pitching and...

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SAN FRANCISCO While the Giants have plenty of pitchers to make up a starting rotation, questions abound about whether it will be a formidable enough rotation to spearhead another drive to the postseason. Matt Cain and Tim Hudson are coming off...

Yes, the Giants' announcements about signing Nori Aoki and re-signing Ryan Vogelsong were slightly less than the transformative additions that Giants fans have been craving all winter. And that came after the acquisition of third baseman Casey McGehee...

SAN FRANCISCO — We can only imagine the uproar Babe Ruth's "Called Shot" home run at Wrigley Field would have created if Twitter had been around during the 1932 World Series.Instead, we'll have to settle for the silly controversy surrounding a...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Mike Moustakas smoked a double inside the right-field line, opening the flood gates.
Nori Aoki slapped a single through the left side, Lorenzo Cain dropped a bloop hit into center and Eric Hosmer bounced a double over a drawn-in...